Penland Archive Project

2017-present

Collaborative work with textile artist Katie Wigglesworth based on research done on the founding of the Penland School of Crafts in the Penland archive. The work is still in progress.

Image 1: Notation 1 11 x 17 in. photopolymer plates, metal type, and pressure prints on onion skin

Image 2: Notation 1, detail

Image 3: Notation 2 8.5 x 11 in. photopolymer plates, metal type, and pressure prints on onion skin

Image 4: Notation 3 11 x 17 in. photopolymer plates, metal type, and pressure prints on onion skin

Image 5: Notation 4 11 x 17 in. photopolymer plates, metal type, and pressure prints on onion skin

Image 6: Notation 5 8.5 x 11 in. photopolymer plates, metal type, and pressure prints on onion skin

Image 7: textile panel detail

Image 8: full textile panel 3ft x 7 ft weaving from yarn and letterpress printed shifu. This is one panel of seven that are planned and still in progress. The work will be exhibited at Berea College in the spring of 2021.